Indian gaming sector to see big boom generate 2.5 lakh jobs by 2025

India’s gaming sector is going to be worth $7.5 billion. It is said that 2.5 lakh jobs will be created in this sector by 2025. This means that the gaming sector is going to contribute a lot to the development of the digital economy. This estimate has been presented by the Vice President of the Indian division of Facebook’s parent company Meta.

According to Sandhya Devanathan, President of Meta’s Indian division, India’s gaming sector will play a big role in the digital economy. It has the potential to provide more than 2.5 lakh jobs. This figure is for 2025. Sandhya Devanathan said these things during Meta’s first gaming summit in India. The company has teamed up with market research firm GWI to create a game called Gaming Playbook. Report Presented here which talks about the gaming ecosystem of India.

This event of Meta was organized in Mumbai. Gaming firms like Dream 11 and Nazara Technologies were also present at the event. Many other popular creators were also present here. The report says that there are 14.6 crore gaming players in India who are Real Money Gaming players (RMG). Whereas there are 20.2 crore non-RMG players i.e. casual gaming players. 57 percent of RMG players and 51% of casual gamers live outside big cities.

The gaming sector is said to have huge potential. This is an area that can also be exported, as there are many firms that manufacture products for the global market. Therefore, the gaming sector also has the potential to provide jobs on a large scale. The report has been prepared on the basis of a survey conducted on 3 thousand internet users. Among casual gamers, 77 percent say that social media influenced them to purchase or download a game. Whereas among RMG gamers, there were 76 percent who bought or downloaded a game after being influenced by social media.